After coronavirus

It’s time to revisit business assumptions, set new goals and succeed in the post-pandemic world

After a crisis comes recovery. With many long-held commercial assumptions challenged by the pandemic – from sudden loss of consumers, passengers or clients, to now underused assets and infrastructure – governments, public authorities and businesses need to rethink, adapt and recover.

This is a chance to address longstanding issues, solve new problems and revisit opportunities. We bring data-driven rigour to help you optimise your estates and assets, reveal new user or customer behaviours, or create safe and productive buildings and facilities. No-one knows exactly how long the Coronavirus pandemic will be with us. But we can all plan for and design a more resilient future now.

Supporting your recovery

Return to the workplace

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Return to the workplace


From offices to theatres, restaurants to government buildings, every reopening workplace will encounter different challenges. We can help you optimise your return for safety, public confidence, and greater productivity.

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Future of transport

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Future of transport


Ramping up services after months of disruption presents different challenges for transport providers.. Our experts are working with clients in the aviation, highways and rail industries to define a route back to safe and effective operation.

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Adapting to changing values and behaviours

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Adapting to changing values and behaviours


Many attitudes and preferences are being reset by the pandemic. Your estates and assets will need to change in response. We are helping clients in many different sectors to explore how buildings can be adapted to meet changing user preferences and discover new revenue.

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The power of digital

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The power of digital


Pausing business operations to deal with the pandemic has led to an acceleration in digital transformation. It’s time to revisit business plans, explore economic scenarios, establish future customer demand, redouble your commitment to digital, and plan for a changed world.

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System and business resilience

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System and business resilience


The virus has exposed many gaps in our world, from supply chain weaknesses to healthcare shortages. System-wide business resilience is now imperative, whatever kind of organisation you run. Our experts are helping clients to build adaptive capacity and preparedness for future crises.

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Vaccines and healthcare

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Vaccines and healthcare


Access to good quality healthcare and rapid vaccine production are now shared global priorities. We can help you adapt existing healthcare assets for virus critical care. And our laboratory and manufacturing engineers are helping pharmaceutical clients to explore the fastest way to meet global demand for a vaccine.

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Digital tools

As designers and engineers, when confronted with a new issue, we always seek to develop a tool equal to the task. As the pandemic continues to challenge many long-held assumptions – from metro ridership levels to the safety of offices and other environments – we have taken a data-driven approach, creating tools to help you model different operational scenarios and plan for a productive future.

Supporting communities

Arup’s shared values, like our firm’s name, are derived from the beliefs and convictions of our founder Sir Ove Arup. He believed work was only valuable when it had something higher to strive for – today, our people are finding many ways to support frontline healthcare workers and local communities, designing practical solutions to protect the most vulnerable.